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dauph197

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Hi guys,

Long time since the last post for me on this forum... Just hope to be able to come back to this hobby with more free time from the job!

I have quick question. I'm looking to get something that looks like a FN FAL. The reason is sample, I'm restoring a 1971 M38A1 Jeep and I would like to equip it with a FN FAL like it was in service. I can't believe they prohibited this rifle even though I know why they did it. I should have bought one when they were restricted!

Now, I'm wondering if a certain rifle can be disguise in something like the Canadian FN FAL?

Look forward to hear from you, you always have good knowledge here!

Have a good one,

Martin
 
dauph197 said:
They are quite hard to find and expensive enough to stop me buying them. I'll prefer to put money on something else.
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They aren't hard to find. They pop up on the EE regularly enough.

Using a real firearm for display on a vehicle comes with a whole slew of other head aches.

If you want a FAL to complete your jeep resto pa deactivated FAL is your only real choice. Otherwise whatever else you use will just be some random gun that isn't a FAL.
 
I understand exactly what you are saying, but I think you are out of luck, the FNFAL is a beautiful firearm. For me the only ones that come close in my opinion are the H&K which is prohibited and the Famae, you may get a custom made barrel to make it look fairly similar, and I don't think it could be considered a variant, but after the Moen Labe decal stupidity who knows any more. Now who wants to spend about $3500 for something that isn't what you want.
 
michael s said:
I understand exactly what you are saying, but I think you are out of luck, the FNFAL is a beautiful firearm. For me the only ones that come close in my opinion are the H&K which is prohibited and the Famae, you may get a custom made barrel to make it look fairly similar, and I don't think it could be considered a variant, but after the Moen Labe decal stupidity who knows any more. Now who wants to spend about $3500 for something that isn't what you want.
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You said it... nothing more to add! ;-)

Thanks,

Martin
 
dauph197 said:
It's cheaper than a deactivated one...
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Not really... by the time you add duty, tax etc.

Also, I wouldn't order any Airsoft from the USA... it's a recipe for seizure by CBSA. There are super strict import regs for Airsoft and velocity matters. Too low it's a prohibited device, too high it's a real gun.

Anyhow, get yourself a dewat here, or buy from a Canadian Airsoft store.

Try: Toronto Airsoft

If you are patient you can get a cheaper dewat, but here's one:

http://www.collectorssource.com/australian-fn-fal-l1a1-1968-lithgow-manufacture.html

Cheers
 
pcvando said:
Not really... by the time you add duty, tax etc.

Also, I wouldn't order any Airsoft from the USA... it's a recipe for seizure by CBSA. There are super strict import regs for Airsoft and velocity matters. Too low it's a prohibited device, too high it's a real gun.

Anyhow, get yourself a dewat here, or buy from a Canadian Airsoft store.

Try: Toronto Airsoft

If you are patient you can get a cheaper dewat, but here's one:

http://www.collectorssource.com/australian-fn-fal-l1a1-1968-lithgow-manufacture.html

Cheers
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Airsoft guns are still considered firearms under Section 2 of the Criminal Code which takes priority overy the firearms act. Not prohibited as replicas. If they shoot at a high enough speed they become controlled by the firearms act.
 
I got my service rifle
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fenceline said:
Airsoft guns are still considered firearms under Section 2 of the Criminal Code which takes priority overy the firearms act. Not prohibited as replicas. If they shoot at a high enough speed they become controlled by the firearms act.
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They have to shoot a high enough speed (over 500 fps) and with enough joules of energy (5.7 is the magic joules number I believe). I believe it is hard to get that force from a plastic pellet.



On another note, I have a reasonable number of deactivated Cdn FN variants to display the various accessories. I used to have other countries FNs canadianized by adding the rear sight, the carry handle, the trigger housing and buttstock.....but in the end they were just fakes and didn't do it for me. My last Canadian example (a 3L rifle) ran about $2.5K, although I have bought several for under $1K.
 
fenceline said:
Airsoft guns are still considered firearms under Section 2 of the Criminal Code which takes priority overy the firearms act. Not prohibited as replicas. If they shoot at a high enough speed they become controlled by the firearms act.
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Yes, however the imported airsoft gun cannot fall below a certain velocity too... or else it becomes prohibited... makes absolutely no sense.

Quote from RCMP.

"These are air guns not powerful enough to cause serious injury or death, but designed to resemble a real firearm with near precision. Replica firearms, except for replicas of antique firearms, are classified as prohibited devices.

In particular, some air guns commonly known as air soft guns may fall into this category. These are devices that have a low muzzle velocity and muzzle energy, and that usually discharge projectiles made out of a substance such as plastic or wax rather than metal. An airsoft gun, firing a .20g 6mm plastic pellet with a muzzle velocity below 111.6 m/s (366 fps), and resembling with near precision an existing make and model of a firearm, other than an antique firearm, is a replica firearm and therefore a prohibited device."

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/fs-fd/air_gun-arme_air-eng.htm
 
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